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Mary Ella Schimank

September 9, 1926 - January 22, 2011

Mary passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at the MedStar Care Center in Giddings.

Mary Ella (Boriack) Schimank was born on September 9, 1926 in Lincoln, Texas to Oscar and Alma (Proske) Boriack. She was baptized on September 12, 1926 and confirmed on March 17, 1940 both at St. John Lutheran Church in Lincoln. Her confirmation verse was Revelations 2:10 “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Mary was united in marriage to Victor Schimank on February 4, 1951 at St. John Lutheran Church in Lincoln. She was a homemaker and a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Alma Boriack; her brother, Edmund Boriack; two sisters, Amanda Boriack, and Edna and her husband, Victor Umlang; four brothers- in- law, Winfred Schimank, Herbert Winkler, Edmond Schimank and Edgar and his wife, Lydia Schimank: two granddaughters, Chelsea Schimank and Hannah Galipp and a nephew, Edward Umlang.

Funeral services for Mary Schimank, 84 of Giddings, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at St. John Lutheran Church in Lincoln with Rev. Dale Bohm officiating. Burial followed in the St. John Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation was held Monday from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Giddings. The Schimank family was present for visitation Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Memorials may be made to St. John’s Lutheran Church Tuition Assistance Fund, 1012 PR 8012, Lincoln, Texas 78948, The Lutheran Hour, 660 Mason Ridge Center Drive, St. Louis, MO 63141 or to the charity of one’s choice.